Mexican-American War
Who was the commander of the Mexican forces in the war?
General Santa Anna
Expansion was okay because ________ gave the American settlers this land.
God
What was the first battle of the American Civil War?
Fort Sumter
This compromise admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
Missouri Compromise
Who was the president coming in to Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
The war began when Mexican troops crossed north of the Rio Grande and opened fire on US troops at Fort _______.
Fort Texas
What group of people was driven out by westward expansion?
Native Americans
What Confederate General was nicknamed "Stonewall" after standing up to the Union Army at the First Battle of Bull Run?
General Thomas Jackson
This raid is known he dress rehearsal of the Civil War.
John Brown's Raid
The Congress during the war was controlled mostly by?
Radical Republicans
What was the first official battle of the war?
Palo Alto
What political party opposed manifest destiny?
Whig Party
What battle was the bloodiest day of the entire war?
Antietam
who drafted the Kansas-Nebraska act?
Stephen A. Douglas
This president was appointed at the end of Reconstruction after Ulysses S. Grant?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Which countries were given up by Mexico due to the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty?
Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah
Who's campaign stated 54-40 or fight in regards to the Oregon territory bordered by Canada?
Polk
What was the plan of the North to block off the south from getting outside help in the War?
Anaconda Plan
The Compromise of 1850 prohibited the slave trade in what district?
District of Columbia
This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as a form of punishment?
13th Amendment
What Indian Tribe in Texas that fought in the Mexican American War?
Comanche
The American settlers thought they were better than native Americans because of their connection to ______ civilization and that is why that justified pushing out the Indians.
English Civilization
Which Southern army did General Robert E. Lee command in the Civil War?
Army of Northern Virginia
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Where were the Black Codes first created?(state)
Mississippi or North Carolina